Monday, February 21, 2011

1) Prepare 3 parts of bleach to 1 part of clean water (3:1) in a bucket.2) Soak glassware (lilypipe) in the bleach solution for about 1 to 2 hours. Soak longer if need to.3) Remove the glassware and rinse with clean water.4) Use spring washer to clean stubborn stain/slime/algae if required.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Close up shot. I like the wave effect. Co2 diffuser is placed below the output to test the vortex effect. The result is fine co2 bubble got suck into the "bubble" head and circulate inside before being push out again. I am not exactly sure if this will cause co2 loss but further monitoring will be done from tomorrow onwards.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Complete accessories provided. Hose are differentiated by 3 colors (white, blue and orange). Small details from D-D product for easy identifying of input/output.

I do not want to drill the RO unit to the wall. Proposed spot....

All the connections are hooked up for test run. White hose - connected to main water source, orange hose - waste water after filtering, blue hose #1 - output from RO unit to DI unit, blue hose #2 - output from DI unit (clean RO water). TDS meter is connected in between the white hose and blue hose #2 to test water parameter before/after filtering. Filter health check will be kept in optimum condition with this equipment.

Test run...bucket is intentionally placed on top of washing machine to test the output since filter is placed on the floor. Need to wait approx 15 mins to see water flowing out from blue hose. Messy hose will be tied with zip cable later.Result: Passed!

Final position.

Now I need to source for 2 big water containers, to store RO water and mixing container.

Monday, February 7, 2011

Got this from the first batch of 10 fire red cherry shrimps that are introduced into 5ft tank. Breed like mad and I end up having over hundreds of them. Majority did not manage to retain the solid red colour (<5%).